A strange season this year, indeed. Cherries are ripening way early — two weeks, by some accounts — and yet, peonies, for some reason, stayed blooming later than ever. Here’s an update of what’s ripening and blooming in the fields. Cherries, ready for picking. Peonies started a week or so… Read More →

Lots of beautiful things blooming at Sour Cherry Farm (and lots of weeds, too!). Here’s a look. Peonies, gorgeous as always: Coneflowers, making their way: The baby cherry tree is loaded! So is the Northstar. Catmint and sage looking good below: A few baby phlox, plus… Read More →

Spring has arrived at Sour Cherry Farm. We’ve already done our pruning, and the daffodils are out. I’m thinning out the ferns a bit: Black currants are forming on the bushes: Blue Forget Me Nots: One red tulip is all that’s left from the massive planting a few years back…. Read More →

Another great winner of a recipe from TheKitchn: Asparagus and Radish Salad with Mint. Marissa and Trae brought the Asparagus and Radish Salad with Mint to Easter supper, and it was a big hit. Easy, delicious, and very spring-y. It’s so easy you barely need a recipe. Just trim,… Read More →

With these photos, I bring you a rare look at behind the scenes, the inner workings of Sour Cherry Farm. I take you …. dum, dum dum!…. behind the garage! Hunna is loading wood for the log hoop on the porch. He discovers we are quite low on wood this… Read More →

Early Friday morning in the garden, before anyone else was awake. Peonies blooming, blueberries ripening, cicadas molting. New this year: creeping phlox under the dwarf sour cherry and coreopsis near the pear tree. Here’s a look. Too many ferns! Columbine: Cherries on the tree: New creeping phlox… Read More →

Easy and delicious. Just wrap the speck around the scallops and sauté for a few minutes. Roast asparagus for 10 minutes and throw the bread in at the end. Drizzle with lemon olive oil. Supper. Related posts: Recipe: Roasted Vegetable Frittata Recipe: Scallops with Orange Caramel Sauce Cooking for One:… Read More →

I love that we see in our own garden what is being sold at the market. When we have asparagus, so do the markets. Related posts: Shopping in Palisades: the Market and the Farmers Market Lunch at the Palisades Market Farmers Market Loot To Palisades, and Stops at Two Markets

The farm’s first spears of asparagus are up! We harvested them and had them with a piece of absolutely delicious porchetta from Tarry Market. Porchetta, for those that don’t know, is pork loin seasoned with lots of herbs, especially sage and thyme, wrapped with pork belly, seared and roasted. This… Read More →

For Good Friday supper, we were thinking about turning Mark and Angie on to our newly discovered recipe for Bo Ssam. But, it being Good Friday, for Doris, meat was off the table, so to speak. So we went with fish. Walleye, shrimp and salmon, to be exact. Bob smoked… Read More →

Here’s a look at the garden on August 4, 2011. Looking pretty good considering we’ve been on vacation a lot of July! Related posts: Garden Update: Coneflowers, Cosmos, Blackberries and Butterfly Bushes Garden Update: Currants, Bees, Apples Update on the Gardens: Cherries, Chives, Columbine, Iris, Peonies and More A Tour… Read More →

On Saturday of Derby Day, we muddled some mint with bourbon and crushed some ice. Out came the pewter cups and over came the neighbors. A couple of mint juleps later — and they’re off! Afterwards, we all sat down to a supper of cod over sauteed asparagus (from the… Read More →

Spring has sprung at the Farm, and we are hoping for some good crops this year. Everything seems to be about two weeks behind — it’s been so cold and rainy. But here’s a look at what is blooming. Let’s start with the Forget Me Nots. Such a pretty light… Read More →

Everything but the kitchen sink in the first pot, rice in the second. The makings of dinner. Related posts: Quick Barbecue Sauce Recipe: Roasted Vegetable Frittata Leftovers for a No-Cook Supper Agnolotti with Quick Tomato Sauce

We got slammed again. About a foot this time, I’d say. Here’s a look. Related posts: Cleaning Up after the Blizzard Christmas Blizzard 2010 A Tree Comes Down in Nyack Sunday at the Farm: Hot Dogs and Hydrangeas

Here’s our occasional update on the progress in the fields at Sour Cherry Farm. The early summer harvest is slowing down, and we’re getting more flowers and ornamentals as we wait for late summer tomatoes and fall crops like figs, apples and pears. Here’s a look at what’s going on…. Read More →

We just love the fish we’ve been getting at the Palisades Farmers Market from Pura Vida Fishery. Captain Rick fishes off the coast of Long Island, and brings us his catch. Man are those scallops terrific. Related posts: Saturday Night Supper: Pork Chops and Polenta Fried Chicken Saturday Night Supper… Read More →

Things are blooming here at the farm! We’re very excited to see a gazillion blossoms on our apple, apricot and cherry trees. And tonight is also the first asparagus harvest. Here are a few photos of the progress in the fields. Apricots: Related posts: How to Make a Fresh Sour… Read More →